Challenges of achieving Kenya's vision 2030

  

Date Posted: 12/9/2012 1:15:25 PM

Posted By: vann  Membership Level: Gold  Total Points: 1015

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As currently rated among the third world countries Kenya aims to improve the living standards of its people as well as the relationships with the rest of the developed world and at being an industrialized state further a middle income country providing high achievable expectations of its citizens.
The education goals of the vision 2030 being: Provision of globally competitive quality education, training and research for development .As often said ignorance, illiteracy and poverty are threats to human existence its of great importance for a larger group to progress in a education set up whose objectives are for best quality and practicability in application, for where there is a will there is a way.

1. Knowledge job skills incompatibility

Kenya being a British colony has elements of its colonizer still in its system and hence the need for a big change regarding that its abandoning of indigenous African knowledge system and an imitation in adopting the western education ideological foundations as the colonial education system serves the economic interests of colonizers hence purposed for the emerging social and economic interests.

2. Lack of specialization.

Mastered practical skills are a matter of consideration in the market world and as thus most graduates are at a risk of securing jobs in the job market.
Less creativity and innovativeness.
Learners must be trained and equipped with the most relevant methodologies in addressing emerging issues like HIV/AIDS, drought and hence problem solvers not entirely being reliant on external aid as thus cases of qualified seeking employment opportunities abroad to be reduced.

3. Poor economic growth

Due to lack of specialization its not possible to have graduates introduce new ideologies/mechanisms/techniques for the better productivity hence improved economy.

4. Lack of professionalism

It is notable of a lack of lack of emphasis on the syllabus and curriculum definitions for a particular

learners career and the emphasis be made at an ear life age which has crippled learners into being exam oriented other than career guided in a most direct way .The aim is pass exams with a lower consideration of ones field.

5. Inadequate learning resources

Being a third world country Kenyans education system has a bigger percentage, lack accessibility and learning resources inclusive of conducive learning environment some schools are in polluted areas like the slums, poor access to technology, prolonged absenteeism due to lack of funds as a majority of its citizens are below the poverty line for resources a rapid population increase as per the 2009 census with no increase in natural resources like land water bodies, increased environmental pollution as a result, emerging issues of HIV/AIDS ;industrial growth, lack of classrooms textbooks and relevant learning resources all contribute towards a conclusion of an education system which requires a detailed scrutiny before its too late to mend, perhaps adjustment in it or a change altogether its for the good of the many.

6. Poor quality assurance

The system is easily manipulatable thus it has been adopted into a money venture as some poorly trained personnel either operate as institution owner others as tutors hence need for an improved quality assurance to avoid cases of education as an exploitative commercial enterprise.

7. Systems instability

Many a times in the recent we've had teachers at all levels being off duty and in streets demanding for better working conditions all inclusive of extra workload with the tremendous increase in population with the introduction of free primary and secondary education, complains for salary increment, allowances among others a clear indication of a shaky system. Since it’s not always to compensate lost time thus a negative impact on learning.

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